Sash guide and cup unit



Feb. 26, 1,952 G. B'. HAAs sAsH GUIDE AND UNITV Filed July Patented Feb.26, 1952 SASH GUIDE AND CUP UNIT Glenn B. Haas, Oak Harbor, Ohio,assignor to Defiance Metal Weatherstrip Company, Oak Harbor, Ohio, acorporation of Ohio Application July 31, 1947, Serial No. 765,042

1 Claim.

This invention relates to building structures, and in particular tomeans and methods for securing cups in window sash guides, such cupsbeing used, for example, to accommodate fasteners employed in securingthe sash guide to the window frame.

One object of this invention is to provide a simple yet eiective meansand method for securing a cup in an aperture in a sash guide, this beinginexpensive as well as adapted to mass production methods.

Another object is to provide a sash guide having a cup secured in anaperture thereof by forming projections in the walls of the cupimmediately behind the rim of the aperture, thereby anchoring the cupfirmly to the sash guide.

Another object is to provide an improved means and method of securing acup in an aperture in a sash guide, wherein the cup is provided with aflange engaging the rim of the aperture and is also provided either witha projection or a ridge on the opposite side thereof from the flange soas to anchor the cup relatively to the rim of the aperture.

Another object is to provide an improved means and method of securing aflanged cup in an aperture in a sash guide, wherein the edge of theaperture is provided with an inwardlyextending ange which tightly gripsthe side Y Walls of the cup with a press fit.

Another object is to provide an improved means and method of securing acup in an aperture in a sash guide, wherein the edge of the cup and theedge of the aperture are interlocked and upset so that they are firmlyanchored to one another.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a window sash guide with acup secured therein, according to a preferred form of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in central vertical section, of thesash guide and cup shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section along the line 3 3 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-section along the line 4-4 in Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a vertically-inclined longitudinal section taken along theline 5-5 in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a front elevation of a cup used with the sash guide shown inFigures 1 to 5 inclusive;

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the cup shown in Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic vertical section through a sash guide andmachine for securing the cup to the sash guide in the manner shown inFigures 1 to 5 inclusive, prior to the commencement of the securingoperation;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary View of a central portion of Figure 8 byshowing the positions of the parts during the securing operation;

Figure 10 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section of a modified sashguide and cup structure;

Figure ll is a fragmentary side elevation, partly in vertical section,of a further modified sash guide and cup structure; and

Figure 12 is a fragmentary vertical sectionthrough a still furthermodified sash guide and cup structure.

Referring to the drawings in detail, Figures 1 to 3 inclusive show asash guide and cup structure, generally designated Ill, according to apreferred form of the invention, as consisting generally of a sash guideII having a cup I2 secured in an aperture I3 therein. The sash guide l Iis employed in windows having a sliding sash, and is secured to thewindow frame I 4 by fasteners I5 received in the cups I2, only one ofwhich is shown. The sash guide II is roughly in the form of a channelmember having a central groove I6 for slidably receiving the windowsash, the groove IB being provided with side walls I1 and a bottom wall'8, the latter, in turn, being provided with recesses or countersunkportions I9 surrounding the apertures I3 (Figure 3). The countersinks orrecesses I9 are provided for the purpose of receiving the edge flange 20of the cup I2 so that the fange 2E) will be ush with the bottom wall I8of the sash guide groove I6.

The cup I2 is of approximately cylindrical shape, and is provided withside walls 2| and a bottom wall 22, the latter having a hole 23 for thepassage of the shank of the fastener I5. The cups I2 are preferablystamped out of sheet metal by means of dies, but may be formed in anyother manner.

The sash guide II on opposite sides of the guide groove I 5 is providedwith front walls 23 and side walls 24. The latter terminate in bentportions 25 which engage the adjacent surface 26 of the window frame I4.The fasteners I5 thus hold the portions 25 against the surface 26(Figure 3). The cups I2 serve to hold the heads of the fasteners I5below the level of the guide groove I6 so as to avoid any possibility ofinterference with the sliding of the sash in the sash guide II.

In order to secure the cup I2 in the aperture I3 of the sash guide Il,the cup I2, after its insertion in the aperture I3, is provided withprotuberances or projections 21 (Figures 3, 4 and 5) which are formed byforcing the material of the side walls 2I outward behind or beneath thebottom wall IB of the guide groove I6. As the sash guide I I and cups I2are ordinarily made of metal this means and method of securing the twotogether is simplel and effective'.

In order to secure the cup I2 within the aperture I3 of the sash guideIII (Figure 8) the' assembly of the cup I2 and sash guide Il is invertedand placed in a special formingxture or machine, generallydesignatedS()v (Figures 8 and 9) with the bottom walls I8I of the guideYgroove I6 resting upon the upper surface or anvil 3| of the machine 30.The latter is provided with a base 32 having a recess 33 therein closedby' a cover plate 34 which carries the anvil surface 3l'. The coverplate 34 is also provided with an aperture 35 of slightly smallerdiameter than the diameter of the ange 2B,- so as to support the latterin the positions'hown iri Figures 8 and 9.

neeiprccatlymounted in tneoress 33 is apair ofV oppositely-facing[.-shaped plungers' 36, the horizontal portions 3'1 of which are urgedItoward oiieanother Lby ooil springs 36 abutting the end walls of therecess 33'. A stop 4I) mounted in a slot 4I midway between the end walls39 prevents the vertical portions 42 of the plunger's 36 from touchingone another` and leaves a gap 43 between them The gap 43 iiares outwardat its top (Figure 8) dueto the fact that the inner edges of the topportions 421L are bevelledoff as at 44 in opposite directions. Thevertical portions 42 are also provided with outwardly-facing roundedprojecting ends 45 which, during the operation of the machine 3U, serveto form the projections or protuberances 21 which lock the cups I2 inengagement with the sash guides I I.

In order to accomplish this,y the machine 30 is mounted onthe bed- 46(Figure 8) of a press or similar machine (not shown) having averticallyreciprocating plunger 41 provided with a tapered lower end48'.- The plunger 41 is of a small enoughA diameter to pass through theopening 23 in the cup I2, and its; tapered end 48 is inclined similarlyto the bevelledy portions 44 of the horizontally-moving plungers 36.

In the operation of the machine 30 and the process of this invention, acup I2 is inserted through one of the apertures I3` inthe sashguide IIandthe latter is then inverted (Figure 8) with the flange 26 of the cupI2 resting on the rimV of the aperture 35I inl the' cover plate 34 ofthe machine4 36. The vertical portions 42y oftheA horizon-tally movingplun'gers 36 thus extend upward within the cup' I2 andA theiroutwardly-projecting ends 45 lie inl a1 higher level tl'ian thecountersunlrA portions if surrounding the apertures I3.

'I-hey press isthen operated to cause the plunger 41 to move downwardthrough the` hole 23 so that itsv tapered end 48- engages the bevelledportions 44' ofV the vertical plunger arms 42 and forces them apa-rtr(Figure 9). When the rounded ends 45 engagev the side walls 21| of thecup I2, they push these side walls 2| outward, forming the projectionsor protuberances 2-1. While this is occurring, the-rimof the-aperture I3serves as an abutment to prevent the adj acentY portion of the cup I2frombeing likewise forcedoutward.- The result is that' the protuberances21 firmly lock the cup I 2 to the sash guide I I, with the countersunkportion I-8 firmly locked between therange 2li andi the projectionsorprotuberances 21. The plunger 41 is then retracted upward (Figure 8),

whereupon the coil springs 38 return the plungers 36 to their positionsin engagement with the stop 40, and permit the assembly I0 of the cup I2and sash guide II to be withdrawn from the machine 30.

Since it is contemplated that the projections or protuberances 21 willbe `formed in pairs at diametrically oppositev positions intheksidewalls 2l of the cups I2 (Figures 1, 3 and 4), the ends [55 of thevertical portions 42 of the plungers 36 are preferably bifurcated or inpairs in order to produce two protuberances 21 simultaneously side byside,

The inodiiicatiri shown in Figure 10 employs a cup 50 similar to the cupI2 used in the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 9 inclusive,but the sash guide 5I has an inwardly-extending cylindrical iiange 52forming a cylindrical bore 53 in place of the aperture I3. The diametersof the bore 53 and cu'p 50 are so chosen that it is' necessary t'oemploy a considerable pressure to force the cup 50 into the bore 53 withthe" c'up flange 54 resting against thefcontersunk portion 55 of thesashguide 5I. This press ,iitv of 'the' cup 56 with the iian'gge 52' of theLsash' guide 5I is preferably accomplished in a conventional press (notshown) of any'y suitable type. The cup .56 is thus held by frictionalengagement with the flanged portion 52 of the' sashqguide 5I.

The' modification shown in Figure 11 is somewhat similar to that showfnin Figures 1 to 9 inclusive in that the cup 66 is held in engagementwith the sash guide 6I by' pushing the side walls 62 of the cup 66outward. In place of the projections 21, however, an annular projection63 is formed on the opposite side of the countersunk portion 64 from thecup iiange 65. This may be accomplished by making the projections 45 ofthe machine 30 (Figure 8) of semi-circular form so that the two halvesin assembly form a circular die, the halves of which are forced outwardby the plunger 41, thus forming the annular projection 63, The operationof forming the annular projection 63 is otherwise similar to theoperation of forming the projections 21 as previously described, hencerequires no duplication of description.

In the modification shown in Figure 12,v the cup 16 is united with thecountersunk portion 1I of thesash guide 12Y by crimping the iiange 13 ofthe cup 16 around the outwardly-flanged portion 'I4 surrounding thelaperture 15 into which the cup 1I)v is inserted. In this modication(Figure 1-2) ,the crimping operation causes the outer portion 16 of theange 15 to be turned outward parallel to the countersunk portion 1I, andthe edge portion 11 of the cup ange 13 to be turned rearward around theedge of the outwardly-extending portion 16 and withits rim portion18tur-ned inward aroundthe same portionA 16. The above-mentioned iiangeportions 13 and 14 are therefore interlocked with an overlapping grip,this likewise being done in a crimping die (not shown).

What I claim is:

A sash guide and cup un-t for receivingy a fastener securing said unitto a window frame, said uni-t comprising a sash cup having anlannularedge flange and a substantially at bottom with a hole therein forreceiving said fastener, and an elongated longitudinally-grooved sashguide member having an aperture in the grooved portion thereof ofsubstantially the size of said cup andhaving a countersink surroundingthe edge of said aperture, said countersink having a width and depthcorresponding respectively to the width and thickness of the cup edgeange, said cup being disposed in said aperture with its edge angesea-ted in said countersink, said cup having a plurality ofoutwardly-projecting protuberances disposed across from one anotheradjacent said sash guide and on the opposite side of said sash guidefrom said countersink and ange.

GLENN B. HAAS.

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